Seeing and Believing by Greg Philo

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Seeing and Believing by Greg Philo

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Summary

Television has a powerful impact on our beliefs and can be used as a propaganda tool. Philo examines these issues by inviting groups of viewers to write their own news programmes, based on pictures from the 1984-5 miner's strike.

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Seeing and Believing by Greg Philo

Television has a powerful impact on our beliefs and is open to use as a political and propaganda tool. Greg Philo has taken a new approach to examining these issues by inviting groups of television viewers to write their own news programmes, based on news pictures from the 1984-5 British miners' strike.

`A useful contribution to the debate about freedom of expression and accessThe research work shows how powerful television can be' - Inter Media

Greg Philo is a Professor at Glasgow University, and Research Director of the Glasgow Media Group. He is the author, with Mike Berry, of More Bad News from Israel (Pluto, 2011), and Israel and Palestine (Pluto 2006), and co-author, with Emma Briant and Pauline Donald, of Bad News for Refugees (Pluto, 2013).
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ISBN 13 9780415036214
ISBN 10 0415036216
Title Seeing and Believing
Author Greg Philo
Series Communication And Society
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1990-06-28
Number of pages 252
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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